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Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Driven by recovery in offline activities and a low base, Baidu’s advertising business is on track to deliver steady recovery in 2Q23, in our view.</li><li>Cloud business revenue growth re-acceleration could take time, due to softness in demand and strategically focusing more on quality growth.</li><li>We lowered our SOTP based target price by 2% to US$195.0 mainly to account for slower than expected recovery for cloud revenue growth.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Driven by recovery in offline activities and a low base, Baidu’s advertising business is on track to deliver steady recovery in 2Q23, in our view.Cloud business revenue growth re-acceleration could take time, due to softness in demand and strategically focusing more on quality growth.We lowered our SOTP based target price by 2% to US$195.0 mainly to account for slower than expected recovery for cloud revenue growth.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Baidu (BIDU US) – Recovery of Advertising Business on Track

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

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<li>We estimate Baidu's ads revenue growth in 2Q23 will be 10.8% YoY. We largely cut our forecast of 3Q23’s ads revenue growth from 14.7% to 7.1%.</li>
<li>We lower Baidu's core other revenue growth in 2Q23 from 18.0% to 9.0% YoY. Baidu’s smart transportation AI cloud business has been affected by the contraction in local government expenses.</li>
<li>We expect Baidu's 2Q23’s rev./non-GAAP net income to be (2.3%)/ (1.9%) vs cons, also cut the TP to $162, which implies 16.5X PE in 2023.</li>
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We estimate Baidu's ads revenue growth in 2Q23 will be 10.8% YoY. We largely cut our forecast of 3Q23’s ads revenue growth from 14.7% to 7.1%.
We lower Baidu's core other revenue growth in 2Q23 from 18.0% to 9.0% YoY. Baidu’s smart transportation AI cloud business has been affected by the contraction in local government expenses.
We expect Baidu's 2Q23’s rev./non-GAAP net income to be (2.3%)/ (1.9%) vs cons, also cut the TP to $162, which implies 16.5X PE in 2023.


[Baidu, Inc. (BIDU US, BUY, TP US$162) TP Change]: Cut TP Due to Weaker Outlook in Ads and Cloud

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>In the IPO space, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tryt-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39870:1" rel="noopener">Tryt Inc (9164 JP)</a> announced a somewhat reasonable pricing range, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fadu-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39896:1" rel="noopener">Fadu (440110 KS)</a> looks to open up the Korean market for larger IPOs again.</li>
<li>On the placement front,  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/socionext-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36351:1" rel="noopener">Socionext (6526 JP)</a> found itself in the eye of a storm after its stupendous 6x increase since listing.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
In the IPO space, Tryt Inc (9164 JP) announced a somewhat reasonable pricing range, while Fadu (440110 KS) looks to open up the Korean market for larger IPOs again.
On the placement front,  Socionext (6526 JP) found itself in the eye of a storm after its stupendous 6x increase since listing.


ECM Weekly (9th July 2023) - Socionext, Yongtai, Tryt, Redox, S.F. Holding, Lalatech, Fadu, Amman

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

Black Sesame International Holding / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Chinese autonomous driving chip maker (SoCs) <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/black-sesame-technologies-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39894:1" rel="noopener">Black Sesame Technologies (BLACKSES HK)</a> has filed for HKEx IPO and plans to raise around US$200m which will be spent on R&amp;D and  commercialisation.</li>
<li>According to Frost &amp; Sullivan, Black Sesame was ranked the third largest provider of automotive- grade high computing power SoCs, based on shipment in 2022.</li>
<li>The company is in early stages of commercialisation, and the top line has expanded significantly in 2022 with launch of SoCs in 2021. Black Sesame’s earnings show significant growth potential.</li>
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Chinese autonomous driving chip maker (SoCs) Black Sesame Technologies (BLACKSES HK) has filed for HKEx IPO and plans to raise around US$200m which will be spent on R&amp;D and  commercialisation.
According to Frost &amp; Sullivan, Black Sesame was ranked the third largest provider of automotive- grade high computing power SoCs, based on shipment in 2022.
The company is in early stages of commercialisation, and the top line has expanded significantly in 2022 with launch of SoCs in 2021. Black Sesame’s earnings show significant growth potential.


Black Sesame Pre-IPO: Earnings Show Strong Potential

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<li>Black Sesame International Holdings (BSIH) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by CICC and Huatai.</li>
<li>BSIH is an automotive-grade computing SoC and SoC-based intelligent vehicle solution provider. </li>
<li>In terms of shipment of automotive-grade high-computing power SoCs in 2022, it was the third largest provider globally, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan.</li>
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Black Sesame International Holdings (BSIH) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by CICC and Huatai.
BSIH is an automotive-grade computing SoC and SoC-based intelligent vehicle solution provider. 
In terms of shipment of automotive-grade high-computing power SoCs in 2022, it was the third largest provider globally, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan.


China

Baidu, Inc. operates an Internet search engine. The Company offers algorithmic search, enterprise search, news, MP3, and image searches, voice assistance, online storage, and navigation services. Baidu serves clients globally.

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Baidu (BIDU US)

Baidu (BIDU US) – Recovery of Advertising Business on Track

Driven by recovery in offline activities and a low base, Baidu’s advertising business is on track to deliver steady recovery in 2Q23, in our view.

CMB International

[Baidu, Inc. (BIDU US, BUY, TP US$162) TP Change]: Cut TP Due to Weaker Outlook in Ads and Cloud

We expect Baidu's 2Q23’s rev./non-GAAP net income to be (2.3%)/ (1.9%) vs cons, also cut the TP to $162, which implies 16.5X PE in 2023

Blue Lotus Research Institute

ECM Weekly (9th July 2023) - Socionext, Yongtai, Tryt, Redox, S.F. Holding, Lalatech, Fadu, Amman

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Black Sesame Pre-IPO: Earnings Show Strong Potential

Chinese autonomous driving chip maker (SoCs) Black Sesame has filed for a HKEx IPO to raise around $200m. The company is in early stages of...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Black Sesame Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Black Sesame International Holdings (BSIH) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by CICC and Huatai.

Sumeet Singh

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